Ash receiver



Feb. 5, 1935. w. VON NESSEN ASH RECEIVER Filed Oct. 2, 1934 Patented Feb. 5, 1935 IUNITEDY'STATES,

, Asn 'RECEIVER Walter von Nessen, New York, N. Y., assignor to The Chase Companies, Incorporated, Waterbury, Conn., a corporation Applicationoctober 2,1934, SerialNo. 746,535

. 9 Claims. (01.131-51) This invention relates to an improvement in ash receivers for smokers use andparticularly to that class of ash receivers having tiltable members for delivering or conveying ashes, etc., into interior receiving-chambers. V

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a superior ash receiver characterized by its provision with means for readily and conveniently removing deposited ashes from sight. I

A further object is to provide a superiorash receiver having simple and effective means for minimizing the escape of smoke and fumes from its interior. v

Other objects and advantages will appear to those skilled in the art from the following, considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawing and the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation'of one form which an ash receiver may assume in accordance with thepresent invention; 7

Fig. 2 is a top or plan view-thereof;

Fig. 3 is a broken transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; I

Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation of the top or cover member of the body, detached; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the tiltable troughs, detached,

The particular ash receiver herein chosen as illustrative of the present invention includes a hollow body generally designated by the refer ence character 10 and comprising a lower memlower end as at 13 in order to be slipped over the upper end of the lower member 11'. The expanded lower end 13 of the cover member 12 is provided at three (more or less) equidistant points with indents 14, each of which is adapted to be engaged with an L-shaped groove 15, three of which latter are indented from the periphery of the lower member-l1 adjacent the upper end thereof. Each L-shaped groove just described, together with its complementary indent 14, provides in effect a so-called bayonet lock.

Preferably, the upper portion ofv the top or cover member 12 is contracted as shown toprovide'what for convenience may be described as a smoke-dome'16 and is provided below the said dome with three (more or less) laterallyopening passages or slits 17 preferably spaced equidistantly around the circumference of the member 12 and each of U-shaped form when viewed from the side of the body. The U-shaped form of the slits 17 provides, between thejv ertical legs of each thereof, a downwardly-extending guard-tongue 18, each of which projects into 7 and coacts with a tiltable trough 19 in a manner 5 as will more fully hereinafter appear.

' Each'of the tiltable troughs 19 is of U-shaped form in cross-section and has its inner end extending inwardly into the interior of the body 10 through one of the complementary u shaped slits 17. Intermediate its inner and outer ends,

each of the troughs 19 is tiltably attached to the top orcover member 12 by means of a hinge 20 or equivalent pivoting means. Each of the hinges 20 is preferably so located lengthwise of its complementary trough 19 as to cause the outer end of the said trough to overbalance the inner end thereof, so that the inner end of the trough is normally held upwardly, with its upper face in engagement with the lower edge of the guard-tongue 18, which latter thus serves to limit the downward tilting of the outer end of the trough in question.

Eachof the troughs 19 provides a convenient temporary receptacle for the deposit of cigar and cigarette ashes, etc., or as a temporary restingplace for a cigar or cigarette such as 21, as indicated in Fig. 1. When it is desired to remove from sight the ashes, cigarette stubs, etc., previously deposited in one of the troughs 19, this may be accomplished by lifting upwardly upon the outer end of the trough to swing the latter intothe position indicatedby dotted lines in Fig. 3, whereupon the material contained in the trough will fall into the interior of the body 10.

When the trough is again restored to the position in which it is shown in full lines, the guardtongue .18, reaching down, as it does, into the interior of the trough, will serve to substantially prevent, or at least minimize, the escape of objectionable odors, smoke, etc., from unextinguished cigaror cigarette stubs contained in the interior of the body 19. The prevention of the escape of smoke, etc., from the interior of the body is facilitated by the fact that there is within the smoke-dome 16 a space above the slits 17 I in which the smoke may collect without exerting any appreciable tendency to escape laterally.

As before described, each tiltable trough is so hinged that when once restored to its normal horizontal position its outer end overbalances its inner end. to thus maintain the trough in such position with the upper face of its inner end engaged with the lower edge of a complementary, guard-tongue 18. The said guard-tongue also serves to prevent a bystander from looking into the soiled interior of the body 10, and further imparts to the device an attractive and finished appearance.

The ash receiver herein illustrated is equipped with three corresponding tiltable troughs, though it is obvious that only one need be employed in a basic structure.

The invention may be carried out in other specific ways than that herein set'forth without departing from the spirit and essential characteristics of the invention, and the present embodiment is, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, and all changes coming within the meaning and equivalency range of the appended claims are intended to be embraced therein.

I claim:

1. An ash receiver including in combination a hollow body having a lateral passage therein; a vertically-tiltable trough pivotally supported in-- termediate its respective opposite ends by the said body and having its inner end rejecting into the interior of the said hollow body through thelateral passage therein; and a depending guardtongue carri d by the said body and projecting downwardly into the said tiltable trough at a position intermediate the pivot point thereof and the interior of the said hollow body.

V 2. An ash receiver including in combination a hollow body surmounted by a smoke-dome and having a lateral passage therein located in a plane below the top of the said smoke dome; a vertically-tiltable trough pivotally supported intermediate its respective opposite ends by the said body and having its inner end projecting into the interior of the latter through the aforesaid lateral passage therein; and a guard-tongue depending from the smoke-dome portion of the body and projecting downwardly into the said tiltable trough at a position intermediate the pivot-point thereof and the interior of the said hollow body.

3. An ash receiver including in combination a hollow body surmounted by a smoke-dome and having a lateral passage therein located in a plane below the top of the said smoke-dome; a vertically-tiltable trough pivotally supported intermediate its respective opposite ends by the said body and having its inner end projecting into the interior of the latter through the lateral passage therein; and a depending guard-tongue formed integral with the wall of the smoke-dome portion of the said body and projecting downwardly into the said tiltable trough at a position intermediate the p'vot-pointthereof and the interior of the said hollow body.

4. An ash receiver including in combination a hollow body having a lateral passage therein; a vertically-tiltable trough pivotally supported intermediate its respective opposite ends by the said body and having its inner end projecting into the interior thereof through the lateral passage therein; and a depend ng guard-tongue carried by the said body and projecting downwardly into the said tiltable trough at a position inter mediate the pivot-point thereof and the interior of the said hollow body; the said vertically-tiltable trough having a major portion of its weight positioned outwardly with respect to its pivotpoint to thus normally maintain its inner end in engagement with the said guard-tongue 5. An ash receiver including in combination a hollow body having a plurality of lateral passages opening through its wall; a plurality of vertically-tiltable troughs respectively extending through the lateral passages of the said body and each trough being pivotally supported intermediate its respective opposite ends by the body; and a plurality of depending guard-tongues carried by the said body and each projecting downwardly into one of the said'tiltable troughs at a position intermediate the pivot-point thereof and the interior of the said hollow body.

-6. An ash receiver including in combination a hollow body comprising upper and lower complementary separable members, the said upper member being provided with a lateral passage; a vertically-tiltable trough pivotally supported intermediate its respective opposite ends by the upper member of the said body and having its inner end projecting into the interior thereof through the lateral passage therein; and a depending guard-tongue carried by the upper member of the said body and projecting downwardly into the said tiltable trough at a position intermediate the pivot-point thereof and the interior of the said hollow body.

'7. An ash receiver including in combination a hollow body comprising upper and lower complementary separable members, the said upper member being provided with a lateral passage; a vertically-tiltable trough pivotally supported intermediate its respective opposite ends by the upper member of the said body and having its inner end projecting into the interior thereof through the lateral passage therein; and a depending guard-tongue carried by the upper member of the said body and projecting downwardly into the said tiltable trough at a position intermediate the pivot-point thereof and the interior of the said hollow body; the said 'verticallytiltable trough having a major portion of its weight positioned outwardly with respect to its pivot-point to thus normally maintain its inner end in engagement with the said guard-tongue. I

8. An ash receiver including in combination a hollow body comprising upper and lower complementary separable members, the said upper member being provided with a lateral passage; a vertically-tiltable trough-pivotally supported intermediate its respective opposite ends, by the said body and having its inner end projecting into the interior thereof through the lateral passage therein; and a depending guard-tongue formed integral with the wall of the upper member or" the body and projecting downwardly into the said tiltable trough at a position intermediate the pivot-point thereof and the interior of the said hollow body.

9. An ash receiver including in combination a hollow body having a U-shaped lateral passage therein; a vertically-tiltable trough pivotally supported intermediate its. respective Opposite ends by the said body and having its inner end shaped for passage inwardly through the U- shaped lateral passage in the said body; anda depending guard-tongue carried by the said body and projecting downwardly into the said tiltable trough at a position intermediate the pivot-point thereof and the interior of the said hollow body.

WAL'I'ERHVON NESSEN. 

